Once a 'majestic roundhouse' - architect believes she's solved Stonehenge's mysterious origin

 
A LANDSCAPE architect believes she might have solved the mystery of Stonehenge’s origin.

Sarah Ewbank believes the ancient structure was a two-storey “majestic roundhouse” and has used her 30 years of experience in design to create a scale model.

It has taken nearly a year of research and studying the footprint of the stones to come up with the theory. She thinks it was once used as a multi-purpose venue and says not being an archaeologist has allowed her to think about it logically.

“Archaeologists are very obsessed with dating and the meaning of it,” she said. “I looked at it and thought it was a ruin, and that with my design skills I could work out what was there. In our climate back in the Bronze Age it still rained, and why would you move 75 large stones just so you could dance around twice a year? If you put a roof on it you can use it all year.” [...] Salisbury Journal

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Actualización: Nueva y revolucionaria teoría: Stonehenge era un auditorio de dos pisos para festejos y eventos musicales | Ancient Origins
¿Podrían los megalitos prehistóricos de Stonehenge haber sido en el pasado el soporte de un edificio circular de dos plantas, un auditorio destinado a albergar festejos, discursos y eventos musicales? Ésta es la teoría de una arquitecta paisajista que ha diseñado una pequeña maqueta de su idea y busca financiación para construir una nueva maqueta a escala 1:10 del monumento de Stonehenge tal y como imagina que sería en su época.

Sarah Ewbank afirma que el hecho de que no sea arqueóloga la ha liberado de toda noción preconcebida y le ha permitido enfocar esta cuestión de una forma completamente novedosa.

Ewbank ha hablado con Ancient Origins por correo electrónico acerca de su visión de Stonehenge...